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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Richard Winton

LAPD tasing of Keenan Anderson brings scrutiny to police policy

LOS ANGELES — For a disturbing 42 seconds, a Los Angeles police officer repeatedly stunned a teacher with a Taser gun this month as other officers tried to pin and handcuff the man in the middle of a busy Venice street.

The gaps between pulses were so brief that Keenan Anderson, 31, could get out only a few words — including “Help me, please” — as he repeatedly cried out in agony.

Anderson died several hours later, though his cause of death has not yet been established.

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